The Masticator was started by two Minneapolis-area visionaries as a zine in the summer of 2004. Issue two was never realized, and half of its founding force moved to Brooklyn. Three years later, the electronic version of The Masticator has far eclipsed its single print-bound predecessor. Today, The Masticator posts art reviews, random urban snapshots, gentle political mockery, and other short articles on subjects like cars, fashion, and books.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Quote of the Day: The Gun Nut

"I've seen only one edifying sight in a zoo. It was at New York's Central Park zoo, many years ago, where I watched an old male orangutan sitting on a trapeze in his cage, peeing into a big metal cup. A crowd gathered, laughing and pointing, and when the orang was done, he smiled a smile of pure hatred and flung the contents of the cup at them."

That's from David E. Petzal, aka Field & Stream Magazine's blogger "The Gun Nut." He was commenting on the news that a tiger named Tatiana mauled two and killed one at the San Francisco zoo on Christmas Eve.